Befela Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Befela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Befela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Befela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Befela is most common in The DR Congo. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Befela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,374,607th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. Befela is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Befela are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Befela is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 470,571. Beside The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bofela | 83 | 308 | / |
| Bafela | 83 | 63 | / |
| Befola | 83 | 39 | / |
| Befala | 83 | 21 | / |
| Befele | 83 | 11 | / |
| Befila | 83 | 6 | / |
| Befeli | 83 | 5 | / |
| Befelo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bifela | 83 | 1 | / |
| Befeler | 77 | 121 | / |
| Boefelo | 77 | 55 | / |
| Bafiela | 77 | 21 | / |
| Bhofela | 77 | 6 | / |
| Bofelya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bofelia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bofeela | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bafeela | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beafala | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bepfele | 77 | 0 | / |
| Boefalla | 71 | 7 | / |
| Baefuila | 71 | 2 | / |
| Befallah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baifelia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bofala | 67 | 6,059 | / |
| Bofola | 67 | 3,383 | / |
| Befolo | 67 | 2,067 | / |
| Bofelo | 67 | 560 | / |
| Befile | 67 | 541 | / |
| Bafila | 67 | 519 | / |
| Bafola | 67 | 230 | / |
| Bafala | 67 | 225 | / |
| Bafelo | 67 | 194 | / |
| Bofila | 67 | 104 | / |
| Befili | 67 | 54 | / |
| Bifila | 67 | 27 | / |
| Bifele | 67 | 23 | / |
| Wefila | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bifala | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vefeli | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vefely | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vefele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Befilo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bifelo | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Befela
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